Courtney Lawes, the thoroughly modern lock from Northampton whose Test progress has been badly hampered by injury, is back in the England mix for the final international of the year, against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. Lawes replaces Mouritz Botha of Saracens in the match-day squad and is likely to be given a run off the bench.
Thursday 22 November 2012
England coach makes six changes for South Africa, with no place for Sharples or Care
Thursday 08 November 2012
Stuart Lancaster has been predicting for weeks that the England team selected to start the first match of the autumn series, against Fiji on Saturday, would be different from the one that squares up to the All Blacks next month. What he did not expect was to find himself reselecting his side before a ball had been kicked or a pass thrown at Twickenham.
Monday 08 October 2012
Wasps 10 Worcester 6
Saturday 23 June 2012
South Africa 14 England 14
Thursday 21 June 2012
Danny Care and James Haskell will make their long-awaited international returns in England's third Test against South Africa on Saturday.
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Wasps have completed the signings of Wales fly-half Stephen Jones and South Africa number eight Ashley Johnson for next season, despite being in a perilous financial position.
Thursday 08 March 2012
'There's nothing I have seen that indicates they want to go out and beat teams,' says O'Connor
Wednesday 07 March 2012
England's interim head coach Stuart Lancaster has come under fierce criticism from Leicester over his handling of out-of-favour half-backs Toby Flood and Ben Youngs.
Sunday 04 March 2012
Man-for-man marking from the Six Nations match at the Stade de France in Paris
Sunday 04 March 2012
From the Front Row: Cipriani does not have to wear a mask and pretend he is someone else
Saturday 03 March 2012
Irish captain wary of his own team's errors but warns France he expects to triumph in Paris
Thursday 01 March 2012
England coach Stuart Lancaster confirmed there are no plans to change the policy of not selecting players from outside the Aviva Premiership despite seeing another contender leave for France.
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